You guys are really silly sometimes, you would pay 100 bucks and go out for a night in the city/town and that lasts how long, 4-5-6-7 hours?, when you could spend 50 on this, buy a six pack of beer and a pizza and have all the fun from your home, and people out there play l4d all day long still, so NO its not a rip off, its very good value, plus you get early demo access, and a bonus in game bat.